diff --git a/src/moodbar/moodbarloader.cpp b/src/moodbar/moodbarloader.cpp
index 578e8b4d6..5b50ed9e7 100644
--- a/src/moodbar/moodbarloader.cpp
+++ b/src/moodbar/moodbarloader.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 #include "core/qhash_qurl.h"
 #include "core/utilities.h"
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 MoodbarLoader::MoodbarLoader(Application* app, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent),
       cache_(new QNetworkDiskCache(this)),
@@ -167,6 +171,15 @@ void MoodbarLoader::RequestFinished(MoodbarPipeline* request, const QUrl& url) {
       QFile mood_file(mood_filename);
       if (mood_file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
         mood_file.write(request->data());
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
+        if (!SetFileAttributes((LPCTSTR)mood_filename.utf16(),
+                               FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)) {
+          qLog(Warning) << "Error setting hidden attribute for file"
+                        << mood_filename;
+        }
+#endif
+
       } else {
         qLog(Warning) << "Error opening mood file for writing" << mood_filename;
       }